Overview
- A motorboat carrying four Army personnel sank during a routine water-preparedness drill at Hathnikund Barrage, three soldiers reached shore and one remains untraced.
- Officials said the boat developed a technical fault, the crew jumped into the river while wearing life jackets, and strong currents swept them toward the Western Yamuna Canal.
- A multi-agency search is under way with Army teams and local police on site and a formal request made for NDRF deployment and aerial surveys to search downstream.
- Rescuers recovered the submerged motorboat and the irrigation department reduced discharge from the barrage to slow flows, but fast currents continue to hamper locating the missing soldier.
- The identity of the missing soldier has not been released and a formal probe into the boat’s reported technical failure is pending as the operation continues.